CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(291480) CARLSBAD CAVERNS
From Year=1930 To Year=2012
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 20 36 110 263 487 691 735 703 510 292 86 24 3958
57 12 24 81 216 428 631 673 641 452 241 60 15 3471
60 5 11 47 150 340 541 580 548 366 170 30 6 2795
65 0 2 13 68 206 393 425 394 230 78 6 1 1817
70 0 0 2 21 99 252 273 244 113 23 0 0 1027
Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu